Almodou (2002)

Director: Amadou Thior

Sometimes distasteful practices are most effectively criticized with a good sense of humor. Meet Modou, a young, courageous and determined talibé - a pupil in a Koranic school - who manages to escape from his corrupt and abusive teacher to find a better life in contemporary Dakar, Senegal.

Cast

Doudou Guillaume Faye

Modou

Ndèye Fatou Dione

Bassirou Diakhate

Serigne

Die Astou Diop

Mamadou Pene

Djibril Gueye

Moustapha Niang

Moussa